Railroad-rail.



J. HUNTINGTON.

RAILROAD RAIL.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 24, 1909.

Patenjsd Nov. M3, 190%?.

HVVENTOF? mwN.

s E S s E N n w (Wim JOSEPH HUNTINGTGN. OF PHILDELPHIA. PENNSYLVANA.

To all whom 'il may concern:

Be il known rlial; l. loeren HUNTINGTON, citizen of the United Sintes, residing at Specification of Letters atenlz.

.Pliilznlelphizn in lie county of Philadelphia nml State of l"einis'ylvzniia, have invented certain new and neefnl improvements in Railroad-Rails, o1 which lie following' is a specification,

This invenion relales lo compound railroad rails, the objectlseing lo provide a novel, simple and elllcient rail or Snell eonslrncion time when ne tread porion of the rail lies bee-ome worn saill portion ina)v be removed and a new tread porion snoslitnieil therefor willwnl clisl'nrbing lie body of the rail, as will be hereinafter 'nlly ilescribed and parlicnlarlj.' clainiefl.

In thedrawingsz-ll`ignre l is a sille elevation of n porrion of a railroad rail nec tion embodying in" invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse verienl section thereof. enlarged, on line 2-2 of Fig. l. Fig. l is :i similar section of lhe removable lread tacked. l is a similar sec-lion of ille bod)7 portion of 'the rail. Fig. 5 is :in elevalion of ille securing inemoer shown in Figs. l and 2. Fig. 6 is an elevaion thereof. as seen at right anglers Lo Fig. Fig. 7' is horizontal section on line 'll-7 of Fig. enlargecl.

l designates lne nein oofiy portion of a roilroad rail, which may loe of any preferred lype, comprising the 'base 3. vertical web fi and head Resting upon and fitted lo ille head of the rail is a removable lreed portion, prei1n eraoly 0I" harder steel lnin the boil?! porlion 1, which extends ille full length of lie rail and forms in ell'eot a part thereof. @ne side of the head 5 is provided with a laterallyprojecting rib 8 adapted lo fit or interlock` with a groove 9 'formed in the bottom of the tread portion 6, the ouer fare of the ril) l S and 'the adjacent inner face of 'lle groove 9 being-beveled downwardly and inwardly, as shown, in order to prevent verlieal displacement of the tread portion 6: and this being preferably lle inner side o'f lhe rail, the tread portion 6 extends downwardly a sullicient distance lo present aharfl wearing surface to lie flanges of passing wheels. The other side or' the head 5 provider?. with n downwerdlyextending ril) 10, enti the lower portion of the corresponding Side of ihe tread portion S is provided Wilken upwardlyenending rib il.

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Arranged ai `suitable intervals along' lin-l ide of the rail. and holding' Ille trenll'porion in place. is a series ol eeenring niem- 'ners l2. lneli member l2 coinisls of a enlaslanlially C-sliaped slrip ol malleable nieial. lie inner face of which is lillell to the onel alinerl faces ol' llie rills lll anxl ll. 'liie lower cnil of ille nxeinlwr 1:2 r\len l i npwarclly and inwardly` as al lil. inlo engageinenl willi the {lownw'ai-llv extending rib 10', :incl llle upper cnil ol (lie nnnilwr 'l2 in benl llo\\'ii\\arlll \Y and inn'ardlif'. as al il. into engagemen willi the npwarlllyrxfeinl ing' rib 1l.

The upper face oi' the rio lll and the :nliaoeni' lower fare of ille ril) 1l are llevelerl downwardly nml onlwarllly. as shownT so liat ille union of lie lleml and reznl non tion (S between ille ribs l0 and ll.. is below the union of the .innin holly of the treafl porlion. VVlliis feature, in :nlililion lo asrslsinff lisplm'enienr of ille tread portion (3. enablestlie fop ol ille securing member l2 lo ne arranged a snl'lieien'r distance below llie level of llielon oi lie tread portion to 'ne below lie parli ol' lrn'vel of lie false flanges of roller-eil wheels pas ing over the rail, not onlyin alle initial slale of the rail, but also after eonlinnell ironie llas-worn the read portion 6 down lo e lower level.

in Figs. 5 ancl' l lieve Shown lle'seenring member l2 beore rlls a. plie l lne rail, in which eonrlii'ion 'the ower emi or" lille rnemloer corres upwrndly lio the ril l0 of the rail nood 5, lie upper enel oi" the member is in posilion ready lo be benl over, by a hammer or ol-lier suitable lool, into engagement with lle rib ll of the tread, por-tion, lifter the mrls have been essernloled. ln orer lo laoilitate ille removal the member 12 from ille rail in adjusing the paris or in snlislilnng e new lree ,non tion for one that is Worn, l provide lle sides of Seid members with undercut portions, in dicaell at 15, 15, eqording smoes between lfne body of seid member en the xirl'jacehnr parte of the rail., into which spaces the jews of pliers or another suitable tool may lie inserted lo obtain a hold or grip on the inem ber in withdrawing or forcing il from its looking position upon the rail.

From the foregoing cleecriplon it will lie seen that zi very efficient und economieal roll structurels provied,'wliieh, in addition lo ibo obvious oclvenlages oltenfienl'. upon ille ilo being provided With a downwardly-extend- 2 eeofsao for-ding a space between the body of said member and an adjacent art of the rail.

3. n a railroad rail,'a ase, a web, a head, a removable tread portion resting on the head, one side of said head being provided with a projecting rib and one side of said tread portion being provided with a groove fitted to said rib, the other side of said head being provided With a downwardly-extending rib and the corresponding side of said tread portion being provided with an up- I`Wardly-eirtending rib, and a securing member having one end 'engaged with said downwardly-extending rib and the other end bent into engagement with said up- Wardlyextending rib.

4. ln a railroad rail, a base, a vveb, a head,

employment of a removable and renewable tread portion, includes a simple means for quickly and rigidly securing the parts in place.

The invention, of course, is ca able of various modifications. rlhe num er, size and location of the securing members,/}for example, may be alteredV to meet diliercnt requirements; and, if'preferred, the members ma be made straight instead of C-shape and both ends bent into engagement/:with the ribs'l() and 1l after the parts have been assembled.y

1." In a railroad rail, a base, a web, a head, a removable tread portion resting on the head, one side of said head and one side of said tread portion being provided with i a removable tread portion resting on thc interlocking parts, the other side ot said ihead, one side of said-head and one side o't' head being provided With a downwardlyi said tread portion being provided with inextending rib and the corresponding side of terloeking parts, the other side of said head said tread portion being provided with an being provided with a downwardly-extermiupwardly extending rib, and a securing ingl rib and the corresponding side of said member having one end engaged with one tread portion being provided with an npof said -ribs and the other end bent into en\ Wardly-'extending rib, thc union of said gagement Withthe other of said ribs. head and said tread portion between said 2. In a railroad rail, a base,

a web, a head, ribs being belovv the union of the main body a removable tread portion resting on the of said vhead and the main body of said head, one side of said head and one side ot t tread portion, and a securing member havsaid tread portion being provided Within 'ng one end engaged with one of said ribs terloclring parts, the' other side of said head and the other end bent into engagement with the other of said ribs. t

ln testimony whereof l aiiix my signature in presence of two Witnesscs/ JQSEPH HUNTNGTON.

ing rib and the corresponding side of said tread portion being provided with an up Wardly-extending rib, and a securing member havin one 'end engaged with one of said ribs and t e other end bent into engagement llVitnesses:

With the other-of said ribs, said member be- S. I. HARPER, ing provided with an undercut portion at A. V. Grenen. 

